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Dave LaRoche

Game Log for 1979
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Apr 07 W, 5-4 at Mariners Finish 1 1.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 CAL Apr 08 W, 7-5 at Mariners Finish 2.1 3 10 1 1 1 1 0 0 2.70 W (1-0) CAL Apr 19 W, 6-4 at Twins Finish 2 2.0 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.69 CAL Apr 22 L, 6-7 vs A's Finish 2.2 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 4 2.25 L (1-1) CAL Apr 26 L, 2-4 vs Orioles Middle 1.2 5 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 3.72 L (1-2) CAL Apr 30 W, 2-1 vs Yankees Finish 0.1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.60 W (2-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL May 01 L, 8-12 vs Yankees Middle 0.2 3 6 4 4 0 1 0 1 6.75 L (2-3) CAL May 06 L, 0-6 at Orioles Middle 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 6.17 CAL May 09 L, 8-9 at Red Sox Finish 1.1 1 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 6.92 L (2-4) CAL May 12 L, 5-6 at Yankees Middle 3.1 7 16 1 1 1 0 0 1 6.06 CAL May 13 L, 10-12 at Yankees Middle 0.2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.82 CAL May 16 W, 4-3 vs Brewers Middle 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.21 CAL May 17 W, 8-5 vs Brewers Finish 3 1.2 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.79 CAL May 19 W, 10-6 vs White Sox Finish 4 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.64 CAL May 29 W, 6-4 at Mariners Finish 5 2.0 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 2 4.24 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Jun 03 L, 3-5 vs Indians Middle 1.1 3 7 2 2 0 0 1 0 4.74 CAL Jun 06 L, 4-5 vs Blue Jays Middle 2.0 3 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.06 L (2-5) CAL Jun 10 L, 7-10 vs Tigers Middle 3.1 4 18 4 4 2 4 0 3 5.70 CAL Jun 12 L, 10-11 at Indians Middle 1.1 1 7 2 2 1 2 0 0 6.03 CAL Jun 13 (1) L, 8-9 at Blue Jays Finish 2.0 2 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 5.94 L (2-6) CAL Jun 16 W, 4-2 at Tigers Finish 6 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.82 CAL Jun 17 L, 4-8 at Tigers Middle 0.0 2 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 6.62 CAL Jun 21 L, 2-3 vs Rangers Middle 1.2 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.56 L (2-7) CAL Jun 23 L, 4-13 vs Royals Middle 2.2 7 17 5 5 0 0 2 3 7.28 CAL Jun 29 W, 6-5 at Royals Finish 7 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.22 CAL Jun 30 W, 8-5 at Royals Finish 8 3.0 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 6.70 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Jul 08 L, 2-3 vs Orioles Finish 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.39 CAL Jul 14 W, 8-7 vs Yankees Middle 2.0 3 10 1 1 0 1 0 2 6.31 CAL Jul 19 (1) W, 4-3 at Orioles Finish 2.2 1 12 0 0 0 1 1 3 5.96 W (3-7) CAL Jul 22 L, 5-6 at Red Sox Middle 1.1 2 7 3 2 1 0 0 1 6.16 CAL Jul 24 L, 5-6 at Yankees Finish 4.0 3 16 1 1 0 2 0 1 5.87 L (3-8) CAL Jul 27 L, 1-3 vs Twins Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.76 CAL Jul 29 W, 9-3 vs Twins Finish 9 3.0 3 12 1 1 0 0 0 2 5.62 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Aug 01 L, 6-7 vs Mariners Middle 2.1 4 10 2 2 2 0 0 2 5.70 L (3-9) CAL Aug 05 (1) W, 11-7 at Twins Middle 4.0 6 17 2 2 0 0 0 2 5.62 W (4-9) CAL Aug 07 L, 5-9 at A's Finish 2.0 3 9 2 2 1 0 0 1 5.73 CAL Aug 10 L, 6-8 vs Mariners Middle 1.0 3 8 3 3 0 2 0 0 6.04 L (4-10) CAL Aug 20 W, 6-5 vs Indians Finish 1.1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.93 W (5-10) CAL Aug 24 L, 4-6 at Blue Jays Finish 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.76 CAL Aug 27 L, 2-3 at Tigers Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.73 CAL Aug 29 L, 1-2 at Tigers Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.65 CAL Aug 31 W, 9-8 at Indians Middle 1.2 2 8 3 3 0 1 0 0 5.89 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CAL Sep 01 W, 7-4 at Indians Middle 1.0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.81 W (6-10) CAL Sep 03 W, 6-5 vs White Sox Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.79 CAL Sep 04 L, 7-10 vs White Sox Finish 1.1 3 7 2 2 1 0 0 0 5.92 CAL Sep 05 W, 9-8 vs White Sox Finish 10 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.87 CAL Sep 09 W, 5-2 vs Brewers Middle 2.2 5 14 1 1 1 1 0 1 5.79 CAL Sep 11 L, 7-8 at White Sox Middle 0.1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.76 CAL Sep 12 L, 5-11 at White Sox Middle 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.69 CAL Sep 14 W, 8-7 at Brewers Middle 1.0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.62 W (7-10) CAL Sep 20 W, 11-6 at Royals Middle 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.62 CAL Sep 26 L, 0-4 vs Royals Start 3.0 3 14 2 2 1 0 0 4 5.63 L (7-11) CAL Sep 29 L, 3-6 at Rangers Middle 1.0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.57

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter       0   1   6.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    3.0    3    14    2    2   1    0   0    4    0-1   0.00 runs/start
Middle relief    3   6   8.71   27   0   0   0   0   0   41.1   73   211   41   40   8   16   3   21    9-18
As closer        4   4   2.40   25   0   0  25  10   0   41.1   31   162   11   11   4   12   1   34   14-11

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              115   26   39   59   2   0   6   26   3   1   17   0   2   18   2  .339  .513  .426  .940
vs RHB              226   30   68  104  13   1   7   30   6   3   11   4   0   41   3  .301  .460  .342  .802

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             2   8   7.19   24   1   0  10   4   0   41.1   58   195   33   33   7   12   3   31   10-14  0.00 runs/start
Road             5   3   4.06   29   0   0  15   6   0   44.1   49   192   21   20   6   16   1   28   13-16

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              2   1   5.06   16   0   0   6   2   0   32.0   43   146   19   18   6   10   1   22    6-10
Night            5  10   5.87   37   1   0  19   8   0   53.2   64   241   35   35   7   18   3   37   17-20  0.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            2   2   3.60    6   0   0   5   2   0   10.0   13    44    4    4   1    4   0    7    4-2 
May              0   2   4.72    9   0   0   4   3   0   13.1   15    60    7    7   2    6   0   11    4-5 
June             0   3   9.82   11   0   0   4   3   0   18.1   25    86   20   20   3    8   3   10    3-8 
July             1   1   2.81    7   0   0   5   1   0   16.0   13    67    6    5   1    4   1   12    3-4 
August           2   2   6.89    9   0   0   5   0   0   15.2   22    70   12   12   3    3   0   11    3-6 
September        2   1   3.65   11   1   0   2   1   0   12.1   19    60    5    5   3    3   0    8    6-5   0.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
A's              0   1   5.79    2   0   0   2   0   0    4.2    5    19    3    3   1    1   0    5    0-2 
Blue Jays        0   2   4.50    3   0   0   2   0   0    6.0    7    24    3    3   0    0   0    5    0-3 
Brewers          1   0   1.23    4   0   0   1   1   0    7.1    8    33    1    1   1    3   0    4    4-0 
Indians          2   0   9.45    5   0   0   1   0   0    6.2    9    33    7    7   1    4   1    3    3-2 
Mariners         1   2   6.23    5   0   0   3   2   0    8.2   12    40    6    6   3    5   0    5    3-2 
Orioles          1   1   2.45    4   0   0   2   0   0    7.1    7    33    2    2   0    2   1    6    1-3 
Rangers          0   1   3.37    2   0   0   0   0   0    2.2    4    11    1    1   0    0   0    0    0-2 
Red Sox          0   1  13.50    2   0   0   1   0   0    2.2    3    13    5    4   2    1   0    4    0-2 
Royals           0   1   7.00    5   1   0   2   2   0    9.0   12    42    7    7   1    1   2    9    3-2   0.00 runs/start
Tigers           0   0  11.81    5   0   0   3   1   0    5.1    6    26    7    7   2    5   0    4    1-4 
Twins            1   0   2.70    4   0   0   3   2   0   10.0   11    41    3    3   0    1   0    7    3-1 
White Sox        0   0   4.15    6   0   0   3   2   0    4.1    6    19    2    2   1    0   0    2    3-3 
Yankees          1   2   5.73    6   0   0   2   0   0   11.0   17    53    7    7   1    5   0    5    2-4 

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